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12-14-70 v CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH AGENDA DECEMBER 14, 1970 1. Call to Order. 2 . Invocation. 3 . Approval of Minutes of November 23 , 1970. 4. Recognition of visitors. 5. Correspondence. 6. Bid Openings: (A) Gasoline (B) Insurance 7 .Ordinances - Second and final reading - Public Hearing - (A) Budget 1970 transfer. (B) Budget 1971 8: Resolutions: (A) Water and sewer service outside City. (B) Saltair lots. 9. T. M. Communications - J. Patrick Michaels, Jr. 10. Ordinance - 1st reading title only, Zoning. 11. Police and Fire Chief. 12, Public Works Superintendent. 13 , City Manager. 14. Commissioners. 15. Mayor. 16. Adjourn. tMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ATLANTIC BEACH CITY COMMISSION HELD AT THE CITY HALL ON MONDAY , DECEMBER 14 , 1970 AT 8 : 00 P.M. Present : William S . Howell , Mayor-Commissioner Preben Johansen L. W . Minton , Jr . R . R . Rosborough , Commissioners and R . C . Vogel , City Manager Oliver Gall , City Attorney Adele S . Grage , City Clerk Absent : Commissioner Arthur J . Longo (ill) The meeting was called to order by the Mayor-Commissioner Mr . Howell . The invocation was given by Commissioner Minton , followed y the salute to the Flag . Upon motion of Mr . Minton , seconded by Mr . Rosborough , the minutes of the meeting of November 23 , 1970 , were approved as written . Motion carried . Mayor Howell recognized visitors present and called for any business from the floor not on the Agenda. There was none . Bids were presented covering Petroleum products for 1971 . Copy of certified Proof of Publication of "Call for Bids ', is attached hereto and made a part hereof , Bids were received from the following : American Oil Company McCall Service , Inc . Mr . Minton moved bids be referred to Committee for tabulation and report back at next meeting , seconded by Mr . Johansen , and carried . Commissioner Minton , City Manager Vogel and Public Works Superintendent Hilliard were named as Committee . Bids on Insurance for 1971 were next received . Copy of Proof of Publications of "Call for Bids" is attached hereto and made a part hereof . Bids were received from the following : McNeill Insurance Agency It was moved by Mr . Rosborough, seconded by Mayor Howell , that it be turned over to Committee for report back to the next meeting . The call vote was as follows : Aye : R . Rosborough and Mayor Howell Nay : Preben Johansen and L.W.Minton , Jr. • . r Minutes 12/ 14/70 - Page #2 Following a short discussion , wherein Mr. Minton stated that he was sure that if the City Clerk sent out bid invitations to others and the McNeill Insurance Agency was the only one to reply , it was his feeling the bid should be awarded to them. Mayor Howell advised that what is needed was to firm up the bid as a matter of information for the City Commission due to new raises in the' 1971 budget the Workmen ' s Compensation pre- miums are due to be increased . It was moved by Commissioner Rosborough , seconded by Mr . Minton , and carried , that the bid 'ie referred to committee to come back to the next meeting . Mayor Howell presented Ordinance #20-70-20 for second and final reading , and read same in full . Said Ordinance amends Ordinance #20-69- 19 adopting the budget for the City of Atlantic Beach , Florida for the fiscal year 1970 . Notice of Public Hearing was posted in line with. Charter requirements . Mr . Howell then declared the meeting in session for Public Hearing on said Ordinance . As no one appeared either for or against said Ordinance , to Mayor declared the Public Hearing closed . Mr . Minton moved passage of Ordinance #20-70-20 on second and final reading , seconded by Mr . Johansen and carried . Mayor Howell presented Ordinance #20-70-21 for second and final reading , and read same in full . Said Ordinance adopted the budget for the City of Atlantic Beach , Florida for the fiscal year 1971 and appropriates money to provide for the debts and expenses of the City as therein shown . Notice of Public Hearing was posted in line with Charter requirements . Mr . Howell then declared the meeting in session for Public Hearing on said Ordinance . As no one appeared either for or against said Ordinance , the Mayor declared the Public Hearing closed . Mr. Minton moved passage of Ordinance #20-70-21 on second and final reading , seconded by Mr . Johansen and carried . Resolution 70-24 was presented covering water and sewer service outside the City, and read by Mayor Howell . Public Hearing date was set for December 23 , 1970 . It was moved by Mr . Rosborough and seconded by Mr . Johansen for passage and motion carried . Copy of said Resolution is attached hereto and made a part hereof . Resolution 70-25 covering purchase of 9 Saltair lots for $200 each, was presented and read in full by Mayor Howell . It was moved by Mr . Minton , seconded by Mr . Rosborough , that the Resolution be passed with the funds coming out of Account 1051 , Emergency Fund . Motion carried . Copy of said Resolution is attached hereto and made a part hereof . Resolution 70-26 covering Rent Supplements Housing Urban Development was presented and read by Mayor Howell . Commis- sioner Johansen asked if it was not put in in time to get on • Minutes 12/14/70 - Page #3 the Agenda, and Mr . Rosborough asked if this was expedient in nature and received a negative answer . It was moved by Mr . Minton , seconded by Mr . Rosborough , and passed , that this Resolution be held over until the next meeting. Mr . J. Patrick Michaels , Jr . , Vice President of T .M.Communica- tions appeared on behalf of their desire to install their TV cable in the Beaches area and Northern part of St . Johns County. He stated that Mr . Vogel had been supplied with information from their company and they brought with them to this meeting , a proposed Ordinance . He showed two maps of Florida designating the areas where their cables are now installed and the proposed locations of further installations . He further stated that this cable tv would not only bring in their programs , but other programs as well . When asked by Mc . Johansen what the anticipated revenue to Atlantic Beach was on their proposed five percent , he estimated that with 1 , 000 subscribers , over a four year period , they would gross approx. $60 , 000 . Mayor Howell asked Mr . Michaels if he would be good enough to contact Mr . Vogel , City Manager , and make a date with him to discuss this further and in more detail . City Manager Vogel reported Mrs . Drage ° s mileage for the month of November to be 220 miles and his was 553 . Police and Fire Chief report on Police Department was submit- ted for information and filing for the month of November . Mayor Howell requested that the rules be waived and he presen- ted Resolution 70-27 to be addressed to the Army Corp of Engineers objecting to the proposed outfall lines of ITT Rayonier Corp . of Fernandino Beach where they intend to dump affluents from their operations some 21/2 miles into the Atlantic Ocean . He stated it was simply more pollution of the ocean which need not be done because there are other methods avail- able to Rayonier ° s dumping , if they would spend the money . It was moved by Mr . Johansen , seconded by Mr . Minton , and passed that the rules be waived and the Resolution passed at this time . Copy of Resolution #70-27 is attached hereto and made a part - hereof . There being no further business , the meeting adjour •,-d at 3 : 35 p .m. / ♦'7 o , _ wilL_-(�• SI Vowel Attest : Mayor-Commissioner le Mrs . Adele S . Grage , C /y Clerk. s RESOLU'T'ION NO: 7,2 -- „.- WHEREAS, the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, pursuant to its duly adopted Ordinance No. 80-65-8 (Sewer Service Charges) , Ordinance No. 80-59-3 and Ordinance No. 80-61-6 (Water Service Charges) , charges its sewer and water customers outside the city limits of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida rates of 50% in excess of the rates charged customers within the city limits of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, and WHEREAS, the Florida State Legislature at its recent Special Session has adopted a Statute, being identified as Senate Bill No. 281, which permits a municipality to charge its sewer and water customers outside their municipal boundaries a rate of 50% in excess of the rates within the boundaries of the municipality only after a public hearing, at which all the users of the sewer and water system and owners, tenants or occupants of property so served and all other interested persons have an opportunity to be heard. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OC1MMIISSICN OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: 1. The City Commission of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida will convene in Official Special Session for the purpose of a public hearing at 8:00 O'clock P.M. on the 2day of December, 1970. 2. The purpose of this Official Special Session is to hear all interested parties in the matter of water and sewer rates for service outside the boundaries of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida. PASSED BY THE cm O]I4ISSIaN ON ai C'c, i ,A_a,,,i.1 ) L/i ,) 9 7 6 Attest: a4 .e__ &__ kl4t4 - &— Adele S. Grage, City Clerk. REsouYrloN NO. 79 -,2 WHEREAS, the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, is the owner of and is responsible for a certain major drainage ditch adjoining the herein- after described real estate, and WHEREAS, that certain drainage ditch, over a period years, has broadened and encroached upon the hereinafter described real estate, and WHEREAS, the owners of the hereinafter described real estate have agreed to sell these bordering and adjoining undeveloped lots to the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, at the negotiated figure of $200.00 each, and WHEREAS, the seller's price of the hereinafter described real estate appears reasonable and is less expensive than the oost of repair and replacement of the parts of the encroadunent of the hereinafter des- cribed real estate, and WHEREAS, it is determined that the acquisition of this hereinafter described real estate is necessary and proper and for the public purpose of maintaining adequate drainage for the community, N(XJ, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FIDRIDA, AS FOLLOWS: 1. That the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, purchase from C. T. Boyd, Jr., individually and as trustee joined by his wife, the following described real estate: Lots 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93 and 94, SALTAIR, Section 3, according to a plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 10, page 16, of the current public records of Duval County, Florida. 2. That the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, pay to C. T. Boyd, Jr. , individually and as trustee joined by his wife, the sum of $1,800.00 as and for the purchase price of the above described real estate. (0PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION ON J L / 9 U Attest: , Adele S. Grage, City Cl RESOLUTION # 70-26 RESOLUTION APPROVING APPLICATION OF THE RENT SUPPLEMENTS PROVISIONS OF THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1965 TO ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA. WHEREAS, under the provisions of Title I of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-117, 12 U.S.C. 1701s) , the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorised to make rent supplements in the form of annual payments to certain housing owners on behalf of tenants who are disadvantaged as eat forth in the criteria of that Act; and WHEREAS, it appears desirable and in the public interest that such rent supplements provided in that Act be made available within Atlantic Beach, Florida. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Commission of Atlantic Beach, Florida, as follows : The application of the provisions of Title I of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 to Duval County, Florida is hereby approved. * * * * * * * * * * CERTIFICATE I HEREBY CERTIFY, that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted by the City Commission of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida on the AI4th day of December 1970. JA Adele S. Grage, City C rk (SEAL) Lk U vte 1 \-1 1 RESOLUTION NO: 70-27 WHEREAS, it appears that the Rayonier Corporation, a corporation owned and operated by International Telephone and Telegraph Company, is planning to build two ocean outfalls to pump its paper mill wastes into water 25 to 30 feet deep, 2 . 5 miles offshore from Fernandina Beach, and WHEREAS, this disposal of waste matter would be subject to ocean currents, winds and tides which could have serious, dangerous and harm- ful effects on marine life within the tidal and off-shore waters of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, and WHEREAS, the citizens and City Commission of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, have deep concern not only in regards to marine life, but also in regards to the affect of depositing such waste matter so close to the shores of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, thus per- haps causing harm to human life, and WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Interior has recom- mended against building any such ocean outfalls, and the National Water Quality Act requires that applications for them may not even be considered unless approved by the States, and WHEREAS, initially, the Florida Air and Water Pollution Control Board rejected such a proposal, and WHEREAS, the President , s Council on Environmental Quality has specified that ocean dumping of sludge "should be phased out and no new sources allowed", and WHEREAS, the United States Army Engineers appear to have gone against the best interest of the public in advising that this plan to build these two ocean outfalls by the Rayonier Corporation be allowed to be put into force as it "is an improvement on what is now being done", NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COl'2 SSION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS : That a copy of this Resolution be sent to Colonel A. S. Fullerton, District Engineer for the United States Army Engineers, that he may be appraised of the attitude of this Commission and the peo;le of Atlantic Beach. The economic consideration balanced against ecological aspects should be taken into consideration and a method of disposal be found that would be acceptable to the President's Council on Environmental Quality, as well as other agencies charg- ed with the protection of the environment, and that all necessary steps be taken to nulify any recommendation which has been made in regards to the plan of building two ocean outfalls. PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION ON THE 28th DAY OF DECEMBER, 1970. ATTEST :